Honduras

Clint Dempsey scored twice on headers and the United States opened defense of its CONCACAF Gold Cup title with a 2-1 victory over Honduras in a Group A game Tuesday night. Dempsey's goals in the 25th and 64th minutes were created from crosses from Michael Bradley, who was playing in his 100th international appearance. The U.S. is 13-0 in Gold Cup openers. Dempsey has 43 international goals, 14 behind Landon Donovan's U.S. record. Carlos Discua scored his first international goal, in the 69th minute, for Honduras. “It wasn't our best performance, but we're happy to get three points from our first game,” Dempsey said. U.S. goalkeeper Brad Guzan had a...

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